Voting has opened in the Port Adelaide Football Club 2012 director election.

Four candidates have nominated for one available position on the board of directors.

The candidates are (in ballot paper order):

Alex Panas*

Trevor Johnson

Jason Makarenko

George Fiacchi

*Retiring director seeking re-nomination

You can read candidate profiles, as supplied by the candidates, here

Eligible 2012 voting members only are invited to vote for one candidate, with voting opening on Friday 30 November and closing at 5pm on Wednesday 12 December.

Port Adelaide has introduced on-line voting in 2012, but has provided eligible members with the opportunity to opt into postal voting. The club wrote to all eligible members advising them of this in October.

Postal ballot material has now been sent to those who have requested it.

Emails have been sent to members whose contact details the club has, advising them that voting is open and directing them to the secure voting website overseen by experienced independent contractor Computershare.

If you are a 2012 member who has not heard from the club and you believe you have a right to vote, please contact us on 1300 GO PAFC.

Please note that the Election Rules of the Port Adelaide Football Club stipulate that one member has one vote.

Following the close of voting on Wednesday 12 December 2012 and the counting of votes, Returning Officer, Mr Ken Dyer of Computershare, will provide the Club with the results and the nominee approved by Members will then be notified to the SA Football Commission.

Members can only nominate or approve the nomination of persons for appointment to the PAFC board. The actual appointment of the one (1) person is made by the SA Football Commission following receipt by it of the member nomination.

We will reveal the outcome as early as possible, but this may take a short amount of time given the due diligence required in the counting process and the requirement for the SA Football Commission to review and appoint any member nominee to the board (being one (1) person only in 2012).
The Port Adelaide Football Club 2012 annual general meeting will be held on Friday 14 December at The Port Club, Queen Street, Alberton.

Vote online here